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3^-4 in. long, roughish along the margins and dotted with 

 a few resinous spots. Flowers yellow, the heads scarcely yi 

 in. wide, numerous in a terminal, flat topped cluster. In moist 

 places. New Brunswick to Florida, and westward. August. 

 Fig. 874. A related species, A. tenuifolia, with narrow thread- 

 like leaves, is found in drier places from Mass. to Florida, 

 along the coast. 



875. Seaside Golden Rod. Solidago sempervirens. A stout 

 somewhat fleshy, leafy perennial, 2-6 ft. high. Leaves lance- 

 oval, pointed towards the tip, 3-6 in. long, stalkless or the 

 lower ones with a short stalk, all of them with 3-5 promi- 

 nent veins. Flowers yellow, the heads nearly ^ in. high, ar- 

 ranged in I -sided more or less recurved clusters. In and 

 near salt marshes or coastal dunes. New Brunswick to Flor- 

 ida. August. Fig. 875. 



876. Silver Rod. Solidago hicolor. An erect usually un- 

 branched • perennial, 6-30 in. high. Leaves oblong, mostly 

 blunt, 2^-5 in. long, the lower ones narrowed into margined 

 stalks, the upper smaller and stalkless, all of them blunt- 

 toothed. Flowers white, the heads in a terminal, somewhat 

 leafy, cluster. In dry places, very common from New Bruns- 

 wick to Georgia, and westward. August. Fig. 876. A related 

 species, S. caesia, with yellow flowers and a more leafy flower 

 cluster is found from Maine and Ontario to Florida, and 

 westward. 



877. Hairy Golden Rod. Solidago hispida. Much like No. 

 876, but the leaves oval, the stem hairy, and the flowers yel- 

 low. The leaves are also hairy both sides and distinctly 

 stalked. In dry places. Nova Scotia to Penn., and west- 

 ward. September. 



878. Large-leaved Golden Rod. Solidago macro phylla. A 

 slender stemmed perennial 1-3 ft. high, with thin, smooth, 

 sharply toothed, oval, leaves, 33^-6 in. long, and stalked. 

 The upper ones narrower and stalkless. Flowers yellow, the 

 heads in more or less leafy clusters. In rich woods, Labra- 

 dor to New York, and westward, mostly in the uplands. Au- 

 gust. Fig. 878. 



879. Sweet-scented Golden Rod. Solidago odora. A slender 



